MANCHESTER INSTITUTE 



OF 



ARTS AND SCIENCES. 



ORGANIZATION AND INCORPORATION. 



During the autumn of 1898 the suggestion that there might be 

 a great gain in usefulness and economy of administration, through 

 a combination of organizations having somewhat similar purposes 

 and interests, met with the cordial endorsement of many public- 

 minded citizens, chiefly members of the Manchester Electric 

 Club and the Manchester Art Association. Accordingly a joint 

 committee from those organizations held meetings at various 

 times during the months of November and December, at the res- 

 idence of Hon. Joseph W. Fellows, at which meetings a plan of 

 organization was formulated. 



In the meantime articles of incorporation were drawn up, set- 

 ting forth the purpose of the signers to form a corporation to be 

 known as the Manchester Institute of Arts and Sciences and 

 defining the objects of the corporation to be, "to promote the 

 cultivation of the arts and sciences, to give a more general im- 

 pulse and systematic direction to scientific research and encourage 

 and stimulate the study of history, literature and industrial insti- 

 tutions." The articles of association, with a list of the signatures 

 thereto, will be found appended. 



The first meeting of the incorporators was held at the rooms of 

 the Manchester Art Association, December 31st, 1898, at 7.30 

 P. M., the following gentlemen being present : Edward J. Burn- 

 ham, Joseph W. Fellows, William H. Huse, Luther C. Baldwin, 

 Henri Schaeffer, Norwin S. Bean, Albert L. Clough, Dr. Ezra B. 



